[English Subs DL] Banana Fish Stage Play Part 1 & Part 2
Hello, friends~! I come to you this time with English subs for the Banana Fish stage plays~!
Thank you to @emerald-trashart for requesting me to do both plays!
I had such a blast working on it even though it got a bit overwhelming and heavy at times (because Banana Fish (╥_╥))
The stage play is just so amazing, and beautifully made...! I went into this not knowing what to expect, and I came out of it just mesmerized. If you're familiar with Banana Fish, of course it will be as heavy as its source material, but I think that you would enjoy it!
The production did a really great job respecting and staying true to the events of its source, and I think long-time fans would love it ^^
The actors, too...! They were so great at their roles, and gosh the emotions and intensity they portrayed were really convincing. Mizue Kenta and Okamiya Kurumu were so perfect as Ash and Eiji, and their chemistry was just beautiful T^T>
Alright, enough rambling! I'll let the stage play speak for itself!
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For those who are interested in getting the Blu-rays for themselves, I’ll provide links below~
BD Purchase Links: (From Animate JP) BANANA FISH PART 1 | BANANA FISH PART 2
* Purchase links would require proxy since the BDs are sold-out on CDJapan and were requested through proxy either way. I couldn't find them on Animate International either ^^;
Notes, disclaimers, trigger warnings, and link under the cut, enjoy~! (Long post ahead ^^;)
NOTES:
※ THE FILE IS SUBTITLES ONLY, VIDEO IS NOT INCLUDED!
TRIGGER WARNINGS:
Heavy mentions/depictions of drugs/drug abuse, sexual abuse (rape, pedophilia, child prostitution/pornography, among others), mental disorders/illnesses, gun violence, racism, general gang violence, suicide, death.
Above themes are rampant in both stages, so please watch with caution. If you start feeling uncomfortable or anxious, please take a step back and stop watching until you feel better.
For those who want to start watching the anime after getting into it from the stage play, please refer to these guides for trigger warnings: Twitter | IMDb
MISC. NOTES:
From what I remember, the stage play follows the manga more than the anime (since the anime changed some stuff). So if something from the stage was not in the anime, you can check the manga for them ^^
RULES:
[MOST IMPORTANT] Please DO NOT re-post the subs and the link outside of Tumblr! If you want to share outside, please, please DM me about it and link my blog to your post. That’s all I ask.
Please DO NOT remove my credits.
Please DO NOT re-translate without permission.
SUBS DL LINK: PART 1 | PART 2
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April 30 - May 7, 2023 at Tokyo Dome City Hall
May 13 - 20 2023 at Amashin Archaic Hall Hyogo
May 26 - 28, 2023 at Kitakyushu Soleil Hall Fukuoka
June 3 -18, 2023 at Tachikawa Stage Garden Tokyo
Livestreams on DMM TV:
Purchase link HERE (VPN Required)
April 30, 2023 18:30 JPT
June 18, 2023 13:00, 18:30 JPT
I don't have the knowledgeto translate the title but the name of the humans have been revealed :
Mitsuru will be playing Honami Kotoku. In history he is known to be a sword appraiser/inscriptor/ polisher from a pretty well known familly that appraised or inscribed many of our boys
Yasuto Kosuda will be playing toyotomi hideyoshi
and our dear ex-ensemble will be playing a character named Kage
So for now our best and most credible theme is going to be around the worth of a sword !
speaking of swords we have new more complete visuals :
Let's be honnest i am ready to see the stream of the first day on dmm and then in person.
autumn 2022 announcements were way too soon for me
BUT AGHHHHHHHHHHHHH AKIGUMI
FINALLY
all of supporting cast is natsugumi, even though i was hoping for tsuzuru to be here so there could be like one scene where they recommend doing zombies for azami to display his talent and then tsuzuru would be like "... zombies?" and then he just remembers spring 2022.. god that would be funny- but maekawa yuuki deserves another break after being in all those shows.
anyways i've been thinking about how they would do the transformations for all the zombies in dead/undead for the longest time now so i am reallyyyy excited for this
A palate cleanser since it's just 4 eps 25 minutes each. It's a Jdrama about a PI, Mackey, who lives out of an old camping van, travelling Japan. One day, he meets a young man, Kenta, who's also travelling without any destination in mind. Neither having anyone in the world, they start travelling and working as PIs together. But there's a really bad guy after Mackey who decides to use Kenta as a leverage...
Funny and touching and sweet. Mackey takes Kenta in on a whim, basically, because Kenta reminds him of his younger brother. They bicker constantly but they also find family in each other. The relief that they aren't alone in the world anymore is honestly almost palpable.
Give it a try if you want to watch something a little different and short, something that won't force you to commit for days or weeks. Done in under two hours, it was a nice change of pace. Also, Mizue Kenta who plays, well, Kenta, is really pretty.
Cam Cam June 2021 - Mizue Kenta x Okamiya Kurumu Interview Translation
hiiya! as I have become used to being a second year at university and everything regaring my study abroad next semester has calmed down a bit, I’ve been able to spend some more time on my hobbies lately, which means I’m finally reading all the magazines (featuring Kenta of course) I’ve bought in the past year and am trying to translate them again! This short interview from June 2021, right before the first part of the Banana Fish stage play was happening (if I remember correctly?) was the first out of a lot of magazines I have chilling on my bookshelves, so if you’re interested in reading it, don’t hesitate to message me!
I would kindly like to suggest to buy a copy of the magazine through sites such as amazon, cdjapan, buyee (mercari, rakuten, etc) to support the industry! :)